Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] at he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of sheer perversity , the thinking human seems impelled to say something contrary to whatever received opinion has been yelling at him . |
| 2 | There 's some worry about something — either he 's not going to be able to do the work , someone 's going to laugh or has been laughing at him , he does n't think the teacher 's going to understand , and it 's generally a terrible problem first thing in the morning to get him to get ready and get to school . |
| 3 | He was making her act like a gauche schoolgirl — Aurora Blake , who could hold thousands spellbound with the power of her voice , who could mix happily with kings and commoners — stammering apologetically because a man who had wandered unwanted and uninvited into her garden knew she 'd been looking at him ! |
| 4 | After a while she realised she 'd been beating at him with her fists hard enough to hurt and yet he had n't lifted a finger to stop her . |
| 5 | Gerrard had been looking at him with a gradually spreading grin on his face , and now he thumped George on the back with great bonhomie and beamed with immense satisfaction . |
| 6 | She did n't want him to know that she had been looking at him . |
| 7 | But the odd tension which had been nagging at him seemed to be increasing . |
| 8 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 9 | He was across the road and halfway back down Fleet Street before it occurred to him that they had been staring at him like that because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue . |
| 10 | ‘ If you continue to look at me like that we sha n't make it any further than the nearest bed , ’ he murmured , and Claudia jumped ; she had been staring at him hungrily . |
| 11 | ‘ Is anything wrong ? ’ he queried , and Belinda realised that she had been staring at him in silence for far too long , as she tried to decide what to say . |
| 12 | Aware that she had been staring at him for rather a long time , she blinked and asked hastily , ‘ Did you sort out your business ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been looking at him since the start of the season . |
| 14 | Bet bloody Matt 's been getting at him probably knew the camera had caught him looking shit-scared . |